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AAU's Focal & Key Result Areas

Research & Innovation

Fostering Africa’s transformation through impactful research, innovation, and homegrown solutions through regional collaboration.

Quality Assurance

Strengthening standards and excellence to ensure African higher education remains credible, relevant, and competitive.

Advocacy & Policy

Championing policies and investments that position universities as engines of Africa’s development.

Higher Education Capacity Building & Empowerment

Equipping institutions and people with the skills, leadership, and tools to thrive and deliver impact.

Higher Education Access & Mobility

Expanding opportunities through stronger resourcing, inclusive access, and academic mobility across Africa.

Knowledge & Opportunities Hub

Call for Proposals: Climate Change Research Grants

Africa Research, Innovation Development Network (AfRID)

Strengthening Africa’s Research Ecosystem

AfRID is a comprehensive platform connecting African scholars, institutions, and research communities. Our mission is to enhance the visibility and impact of African research globally. AFRID is where Africa Research connects.

Our Media Services

AAU TV (Association of African Universities Television) is a dedicated media platform that promotes higher education in Africa by streaming content on policy, research, science, technology, health, and innovation. Broadcasting online in English, the AAU Tv provides visibility for African scholarly work, distinguished personalities, educational events, and youth-focused programmes.

We also provide professional media coverage services including documentaries, videography, photography, online streaming, and other visual productions for higher education institutions and related agencies and organisations.

Our Current Projects

Empowering Lives and Institutions

  • I am happy to be part of the SEADE project. I got involved in March this year when I was invited through my university by the Association of African Universities to participate in a workshop. During that workshop, I got introduced to the SEADE project and the EIA platform, where I was given the opportunity to register as a champion and explore some resources and tools on the platform. As a champion, I had a sense of belonging, and the fact that there are a lot of resources that will advance research gave me the confidence that the platform is adequately equipped to enhance research in Ghana
    Dr. Letitia Efamenu
    Lecturer, Ho Technical University (HTU)
  • I have had a very nice experience with the SEADE program. I had the opportunity to meet the industry market in Kenya, which opened up my mind that what I am building can be taken to other countries like Kenya and Africa at large. I have also had the chance to be mentored, not just to understand how the market works, but to bring the idea I have into a solution. In the future, many students can benefit from this kind of program that SEADE has brought.
    Abdul Ukwaju
    BSc Science and Computer Engineering IT, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  • Through AAU, many of our offices have, one way or another, benefited from in-service training and continuous professional development. In a way, AAU is helping us to strengthen the governance systems of our universities. I urge all Vice Chancellors of institutions of higher learning who are not yet part of the Association of African Universities to come on board, so that together we can advance higher education across the continent
    Nicolas Patrici, Director of Strategy
    OBREAL
  • Dr. Onolunosen currently serves as an advanced nurse-midwife practitioner and clinic supervisor at Eva Specialist Consult in Port Harcourt where she mentors nurse assistants and junior colleagues, equipping them with improved patient-care skills, health education techniques, and basic research competencies.  She says “Seeing colleagues become confident enough to pursue further training is one of the most rewarding outcomes of my ACE experience.
    Stephena John-Okpara Onolunosen
    Alumna, PhD in Midwifery at the African Centre of Excellence for Public Health and Toxicological Research (ACE-PUTOR), University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

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